US3273357A
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Clutch
Assignee: Consolidated Electrodynamics Corp
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Filing: 1964-01-27
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Granted: 1966-09-20
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Expires: 1984-01-27
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Lyon Howard
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 08:20
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16D; F16D7/00; F16D7/02; F16D1/00; F16D1/06; F16D1/08; F16D1/09; F16D1/093; F16D1/095; G; G01; G01R; G01R13/00; G01R13/04; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T279/00; Y10T279/17; Y10T279/17017; Y10T279/17411; Y10T279/17487; Y10T279/17504; Y10T403/00; Y10T403/40; Y10T403/70; Y10T403/7041; Y10T403/7047; Y10T403/7051; Y10T403/7052; Y10T403/7056; Y10T403/7058
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
159 words
A CLUTCH FOR COUPLING A ROTATABLE DRIVE SHAFT TO A DRIVEN MEMBER DISPOSED AXIALLY THEREOF COMPRISING A COLLET SLEEVE DISPOSED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY OF THE SHAFT BETWEEN THE SHAFT AND THE DRIVEN MEMBER, MEANS COUPLING ONE END OF THE COLLET SLEEVE AND THE DRIVEN MEMBER FOR SECURING THE COLLET SLEEVE FROM ANGULAR MOTION RELATIVE TO THE DRIVEN MEMBER ABOUT THE AXIS OF THE SHAFT AND FOR ACCOMMODATING MOVEMENT OF THE COLLET RADIALLY RELATIVE TO THE DRIVEN MEMBER, A PLURALITY OF SLOTS FORMED THROUGH THE COLLET SLEEVE AT A ADJACENT TO THE OTHER END OF THE COLLET SLEEVE TO DEFINE A CORRESPONDING PLURALITY OF CANTILEVERED FINGERS, FRICTION MEANS ENGAGED WITH THE SHAFT ABOUT ITS CIRCUMFERENCE AND CAPTIVE TO THE CANTILEVERED ENDS OF THE FINGERS, AND SELECTIVELY OPERABLE MEANS COUPLED TO THE COLLET SLEEVE OPERABLE TO MOVE THE CANTILEVERED ENDS OF THE FINGERS TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE SHAFT FOR VARYING THE RADIAL FORCES OF ENGAGEMENT OF THE FRICTION MEANS WITH THE SHAFT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
159 words
A CLUTCH FOR COUPLING A ROTATABLE DRIVE SHAFT TO A DRIVEN MEMBER DISPOSED AXIALLY THEREOF COMPRISING A COLLET SLEEVE DISPOSED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY OF THE SHAFT BETWEEN THE SHAFT AND THE DRIVEN MEMBER, MEANS COUPLING ONE END OF THE COLLET SLEEVE AND THE DRIVEN MEMBER FOR SECURING THE COLLET SLEEVE FROM ANGULAR MOTION RELATIVE TO THE DRIVEN MEMBER ABOUT THE AXIS OF THE SHAFT AND FOR ACCOMMODATING MOVEMENT OF THE COLLET RADIALLY RELATIVE TO THE DRIVEN MEMBER, A PLURALITY OF SLOTS FORMED THROUGH THE COLLET SLEEVE AT A ADJACENT TO THE OTHER END OF THE COLLET SLEEVE TO DEFINE A CORRESPONDING PLURALITY OF CANTILEVERED FINGERS, FRICTION MEANS ENGAGED WITH THE SHAFT ABOUT ITS CIRCUMFERENCE AND CAPTIVE TO THE CANTILEVERED ENDS OF THE FINGERS, AND SELECTIVELY OPERABLE MEANS COUPLED TO THE COLLET SLEEVE OPERABLE TO MOVE THE CANTILEVERED ENDS OF THE FINGERS TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE SHAFT FOR VARYING THE RADIAL FORCES OF ENGAGEMENT OF THE FRICTION MEANS WITH THE SHAFT.
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